''Rettaisuzhi'' is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
written and directed by
Thamira. It stars filmmakers
K. Balachander and
Bharathiraja along with
Anjali,
Aari Arujunan,
Jayachitra,
Karunas
Karunas (born as Karunanidhi Sethu; February 21, 1970) is an Indian actor, comedian, composer, playback singer and politician in the Tamil film industry. Appearing mostly in supporting roles, he has also played main lead roles in films includ ...
,
Manobala, and
Ilavarasu in supporting roles. The film released on 23 April 2010.
Plot
The film unfolds in a village in Thirunelveli. Ramasamy (
K. Balachander) is an influential man in the village, and he is a devoted to the principles of Congress since his childhood. He is against Singaravelan (
Bharathiraja), a Communist. Their feud runs for over four decades. Even their grandchildren are against each other and they form gangs to express their enmity. However, a romance in the family changes the warm atmosphere. Susheela (
Anjali), brought up in Singaravelan's house, is a school teacher who is in love with Murthy (
Aari Arujunan). Understanding their true love, the children forget their enmity and try to bring both families together and get them married. Whether they succeed in their attempts forms the climax.
Cast
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K. Balachander as Ramaswamy
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Bharathiraja as Singaravelan
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Aari Arujunan as Murthy
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Anjali as Susheela
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Jayachitra as Murthy's mother
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Manobala
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Karunas
Karunas (born as Karunanidhi Sethu; February 21, 1970) is an Indian actor, comedian, composer, playback singer and politician in the Tamil film industry. Appearing mostly in supporting roles, he has also played main lead roles in films includ ...
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Ilavarasu
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Leema Babu as Singaravelan's granddaughter
* Kambam Meena as Singaravelan's daughter-in-law
* Rinson Simon as Young Murthy
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by
Karthik Raja.
Reception
The film had a huge hype prior to its release due to Tamil cinema veterans,
K.Balachander and
Bharathiraja, coming together for the first time together in a film. The film received poor reviews for its mediocre script, amateurish screenplay, acting and non-existing entertainment factor. Sify labelled it as "a big bore", and
The New Indian Express
''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu ...
called it "Fairly neatly crafted, ''Rettai Suzhi'' is a clean, simple, warm entertainer sans overt glamour, double entendres or mindless violence".
References
External links
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{{S. Shankar
2010 films
2010s Tamil-language films
2010s Indian films
Indian comedy-drama films
2010 directorial debut films
Films scored by Karthik Raja